Dosage and time indicator



Filed March 17, 1950 FIG.

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Patented Aug. 21, 1951 UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE DOSAGE. AND TIMEINDICATOR Charles Schatzkin, Coral Gables, Fla.

Application March 17, 1950, Serial No. 150,209

2 Claims.

This invention relates to indicators, and more particularly to amedicine dosage and time indicator.

An object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage and timeindicator which is particularly adapted for use in hospitals, sickrooms, and medical supply houses.

Another object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage'andtime indicator which may be removably secured to an exterior surface ofa medicine bottle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage andtime indicator on which may be 'enscribed printed or writteninstructions concerning the dosage and time for taking medicine from areceptacle on which the indicator is supported.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosageand time indicator which is simple in structure and cheap tomanufacture.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent upon consulting thefollowing specification in conjunction with the drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the medicine dosage and timeindicator of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view taken from the right of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken from the right of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a rear elevational view of the medicine dosage and timeindicator of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the medicine dosage and time indicatorof the present invention as applied to a medicine containing receptacle.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like referencenumerals have been used throughout the several views, there is shown themedicine dosage and time indicator of the present invention, generallydesignated by the numeral H] which comprises an elongated verticallyextending base plate II fabricated of any suitable light and durablemetal and provided with a circular clock dial l2 on one face thereofadjacent to and spaced from the lower end thereof.

Disposed radially of the circular clock dial l2 and rotatably supportedthereon are a pair of time indicating hands I3, M, the hands beingjournaled in the base plate H by means of a flanged rivet l5 extendingthrough the hands 13, I 4 and the base plate II and bearing against therear face of the plate ll. Accordingly, the time indicating hands l3, Mcan be selectively positioned with respect to the numerical indicia ofthe clock dial.

Positioned adjacent the upper end of the base plateand fixedly securedthereto is an overhanging writing board It which is fabricated oftransparent plastic or hard cellophane material, saidmaterial having anexterior surface adapted so that written or printed instruction may bereadily applied thereto.

The writing boad It includes a pair Of spaced upstanding supporting tabsl1 and [9 which embracingly receive and are secured to the upper end ofthe base plate I l and a downwardly sloping portion carried by the upperends of the tabs and constituting a writing surface l8. Specifically,the board l6 embodies a first vertically extending rear supporting tabll which has its lower end portion abutting against the upper rear faceof the base plate II and secured thereto, the upper end of thesupporting tab ll terminating at a point adjacent to and spaced from theupper end of the plate I l. The intermediate portion of the writingboard It slopes forwardly and downwardly with respect to the supportingtab I1 and the base plate H and provides the writing surface I8 which isconveniently disposed and readily visible.

As illustrated in Figure 1 any written or printed indicia may be readilyapplied to the writing surface [8. The remaining portion of the writingboard I6 includes a front supporting tab l9 which abuts against theupper front face of the base plate H and is secured thereto, th frontsupporting tab l9 being carried from the lower end of the writingsurface I8 by means of a horizontally disposed connecting web 20.

Disposed concentrically with respect to the rivet l5 and having one faceabutting against and secured to the rear face of the plate H, is a solidcylindrical pad 2|, the pad being provided with any suitable adhesive 22on the free end face thereof. Accordingly the medicine dosage and timeindicator of the present invention may be detachably secured to theexterior 'surface of a medicine containin receptacle 25,

l3, H at the appropriate time for the next dosage of the medicine.

It is to be noted that advertising indicia may be applied to the frontface of the base plate ll contiguous to and above the clock dial l2.

Although only one embodiment of the present invention has beendescribed, numerous modifications may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A dosage and time indicator for attachment to a medicine containingreceptacle comprising an elongated vertically disposed base plate forsecurement to an exterior face of said receptacle, a clock dial on oneface of said plate adjacent to and spaced from the lower end thereof,time indicating hands disposed radially of said clock dial and rotatablysupported on said base plate for visually" indicating the time atwhich'the medicine in the receptacle is to be taken, an overhangingwriting board disposed adjacent the upper end of said base plate andsecured thereto, said board including a pair of spaced upstandingsupporting tabs embracingly receiving and secured to the upper end ofsaid base plate and a downwardly sloping portion carried by the upperends of said tabs and constituting a writing surface for the inscriptionthereon of instructions concerning the time and dosage of the medicineto be taken. 7

2. A'dosag and time indicator for attachment to a medicine containingreceptacle comprising an elongated vertically disposed base plate forsecurement to an exterior face of said receptacle, a clock dial on oneface of said plate adjacent to and spaced from the lower end thereof,time indicating hands disposed radially of said clock dial and rotatablysupported on said base plate for visually indicating the time at whichthe medicine in the receptacle is to be taken, an overhanging writingboard disposed adjacent the upper end of said plate and secured thereto,said board including a pair of spaced upstanding supporting tabsembracingly receiving and secured to the upper end of said base plateand a downwardly sloping portion carried by the upper ends of said tabsand constituting a writing surface for the inscription thereon ofinstructions concerning the time and dosage of the medicine to be taken,and means carried on the other face of said base plate for adhesivelysecuring said plate to the exterior surface of said receptacle.

CHARLES SCHATZKIN.

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